Vintage Kurdish Herki Runner floral Stock Number: BR1922

Stock Number: BR1922

This particular rug is a modern reproduction of the traditional Turkmen Tekke Engsi rug

Size: 187 x 119 cm | 6'2" x 3'11"

Size: 180 x 74 cm | 5'11" x 2'5"

The tree of life motif that runs through many Bakhtiari rugs has a story behind it

Vintage Kurdish Herki Runner floral Stock Number: BR1922The Herki are one of the largest Kurdish tribes, leading a nomadic and semi nomadic lifestyle across the mountainous borderlands of Turkey, Iran and Iraq. These runners come from Turkey, woven by Herki weavers carrying a tribal tradition that has never been formalised or institutionalised. There are no workshops, no pattern books. The designs are bold geometric medallions, hooked lozenges, stepped hexagons and tribal symbols, all come from memory and